Evidence based policing : an introduction / edited by Renée J. Mitchell and Laura Huey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitchell, Renée J., editor.

Huey, Laura, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police administration.

Police.

Physical Description:

xix, 250 pages : illustrations, 1 color map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2019.

Summary:

Examining what makes something evidence-based and not merely evidence-informed, this book unifies the voices of police practitioners, academics, and pracademics. It provides real world examples of evidence-based police practices and how police research can be created and applied in the field.

Contents:

A light introduction to evidence based policing / Renee J. Mitchell

Targeting, testing and tracking : the Cambridge Assignment Management system of evidence based police assignment / Lawrence W. Sherman

Problem analysis to support decision-making in evidence based policing / Anthony A. Braga and Riley Tucker

The legal framework for evidence based policing in the US / Seth W. Stoughton

Identifying some misconceptions about evidence based policing : a research note / Laura Huey, Brittant Blaskovits, Craig Bennell, Hina Kalyal and Tom Walker

"Not all evidence is created equal" : on the importance of matching research questions with research methods in evidence-based policing / Barak Ariel

Twitter : a new Tardis for policing? / Emma Williams and Ian Hesketh

Systematic reviews : "better evidence for a better world" / Peter Neyroud

The case for open police research / Craig Bennell and Brittany Blaskovits

Knowledge wars : professionalisation, organisational justice and competing knowledge paradigms in British policing / Emma Williams & Tom Cockroft

The trials and tribulations of evidence based procedural justice / Sarah Bennett, Lorraine Mazerrolle, Emma Antrobus, Peter Martin and Lorelei Hine

Hot spots policing made easy / Renée J. Mitchell

The cost of mental health-related calls on police service : evidence from British Columbia / Adam D. Vaughan and Martin A. Andresen

Using body-worn cameras to create an evidence-based de-escalation training program / Natalie Todak

Moving to the inevitability of evidence based policing / Peter Martin

Why is evidence based policing growing and what challenges lie ahead? / Alex Murray

A practical approach to evidence based policing / Gary Cordner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Evidence based policing.

ISBN:

9781447339786

1447339789

9781447339755

1447339754

OCLC:

1035511126